1-8. The Coming of Jim CrowKey Terms Plessy v Ferguson Literacy Tests Poll TaxGrandfather Law Lynching Ida B WellsBooker T Washington Atlanta Compromise Wilmington RiotRobert Charles Charlie Holcombe Alex ManlyI. Why Segregation?1. Attitude of the North2. Growth of the Cities3. The Populist ThreatII. Jim Crow Laws1. Plessy v. Ferguson2. Voting LawsIII. Lynching and the Black Response1. White-on-Black Violence2. Southern Black Reactions- Protest (Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois)- Accommodate (Booker T. Washington)- Fight Back (Alex Manly, Robert Charles)I. Why Segregation?- Built black schools away from white schools- Blacks and whites lived separately- blacks thought segregation would be temporary so they accepted it- Growth of Cities- Populist Threat- ALL FACTORSII. Jim Crows Law- Supreme court ruled that separation accommodations should be equal- John Marshall Harlet- southern disagreed while 8 Northern judges agreed- Some southern states passed poll taxes - Some passed literacy tests - Literacy test- you could not read document then you couldn’t vote- Grandfather Law- exempt from voting if your grandfather voted- System made by south and north to teach blacks, that whites are superiorIII. Lynching and the Black Response- Blacks accused of raping white women- White mobs would break into jail and hang the blacks- 187 lynching’s in 1890 - Stereotype that black men lusted after white women- W.E.B. Du Bois said that if blacks could prove that they are as talented as whites then the system would fall apart- The system was designed so that this could not be proven- Ida B. Wells- wrote pamphlet about protesting and had to move to North for safety- Booker T. Washington- said that blacks should accommodate, not accept, whites- Go to school and work and prove to whites that they are equal and successful - Atlanta Compromise- if whites stop killing, blacks will stop protesting- Fighting back caused whites to attack blacks, even if they were not fighting back- Alex Manly- editor of newspaper in N. Carolina, wrote paper accusing whites of being hypocritical- Riots started in N. Carolina, race